Halloween falls on 31 October every year. Count down every second to Saturday, October 31, 2026, wherever you are.
Halloween 2026 is on Saturday, October 31, 2026. The date never moves: it is the evening before All Saints' Day on 1 November, and its name comes from All Hallows' Eve.
It is biggest in the United States, Canada, Ireland and the UK, and has spread far beyond: in Mexico it runs straight into the Day of the Dead on 1 and 2 November, and in Japan the streets of Tokyo's Shibuya fill with costumes.
The countdown at the top of this page shows the days, hours, minutes and seconds left until Halloween, Saturday, October 31, 2026, in your own time zone.
From Samhain, a Celtic festival in Ireland and Scotland that marked the end of the harvest, when the boundary between the living and the dead was said to be thin. Irish and Scottish emigrants took it to North America.
No. In the United States, Canada, the UK and Ireland, schools and offices stay open on 31 October, so many parties move to the weekend before.
Yes. Wadiget, our free Android app, has countdown widgets that show the days left to Halloween, or any date, on your home screen.